girt
1a simple past tense and past participle of gird1.
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Other definitions for girt (2 of 4)
an uncommon variant of gird1 (def. 1).
Other definitions for girt (3 of 4)
a variant of girth.
Other definitions for girt (4 of 4)
Carpentry.
a timber or plate connecting the corner posts of an exterior wooden frame, as a braced frame, at a floor above the ground floor.
a heavy beam, as for supporting the ends of rafters.
Printing. (in certain hand presses) one of a pair of leather straps having one end fastened to the bed and the other to the rounce, for drawing the bed under the platen.
Origin of girt
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How to use girt in a sentence
Nevertheless, he was girt with a sword in a ragged scabbard hanging from a frayed and shabby belt of leather.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniHe wore a gray hermit's cloak, and beneath that a rude, dirty cassock, girt With a cord.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisRapallo itself, as you find on your first morning, is beautiful, chiefly by reason of its sea-girt tower.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa | Edward HuttonWhen the campaign of 1793 opened she was girt in along her whole frontier by a ring of foes.
History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) | John Richard GreenIn Darley church-yard, near Matlock in Derbyshire, is a yew tree, thirty-three feet in girt.
The Book of Curiosities | I. Platts
British Dictionary definitions for girt (1 of 2)
/ (ɡɜːt) /
a past tense and past participle of gird 1
nautical moored securely to prevent swinging
British Dictionary definitions for girt (2 of 2)
/ (ɡɜːt) /
(tr) to bind or encircle; gird
to measure the girth of (something)
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